this protects religion, so there is a reason why religion in our society is special and is given special protection. judge mcconnell has written in some of his articles there was language proposed during the drafting but would have protected conscience more generally, but that was rejected in favor of the current one. there is also this sensex religious conscience is special not just because it demands certain rights but that it has certain duties. people have duties to their creator to somebody outside of themselves, so religion is special not just because of the rights of because of the duties it requires. >> hammett is right -- hannah is right on the matter of history, but there are those who think this is philosophically wrong. there is a recent book fired a university of chicago professor and makes this case, but it is not a first. a highly regarded historian wrote a book called the godless constitution in which he wrote religion should have no more or less protection than general motors, so there are those who argue philosophically. i think there are reasons the framers were wise t